NY State Senate Bill 2023-S3091

Senate Bill S3091

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires the county seat in Wayne county to have at least one polling place designated for early voting

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee

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2023-S3091 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Elections
Law Section:: Election Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §8-600, El L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:: S6349

2023-S3091 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the county seat in Wayne county to have at least one polling place designated for early voting.

2023-S3091 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S3091

SPONSOR: HELMING
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the election law, in relation to requiring the county
seat in Wayne county to have at least one polling place designated for
early voting

 
PURPOSE:

Requires the county seat in Wayne County to have at least one polling
place designated for early voting.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one of this bill amends paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of
section 8-600 of the Election Law to provide that the county seat of
Wayne County may be a designated as an early polling site for the
purposes of such law. (Amends Chapter 74 of 2021).

Section two is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Chapter 74 of the laws of 2021 requires each county board of elections
to include at least one early voting site in the municipality with the
highest population in such county based on the latest federal decennial
census. Chapter 74 also provides that, to the extent practicable, if
such municipality has public transportation routes, such polling place
shall be situated along such transportation routes.

In the case of Wayne County, the Town of Arcadia, which is the largest
municipality in Wayne County, is located in close proximity (less than
1/10 of a mile) to the county seat, Lyons. The Wayne County seat, Lyons,
is also served by public transportation routes.  Additionally, having
this polling site located in the Wayne County Office Building along with
the Board of Elections is both beneficial for voters and instrumental in
the efficient use of time, money and resources. Thus, under these
special circumstances, it is appropriate to authorize Wayne County to
designate the county seat, Lyons, as an early voting site in compliance
with Chapter 74.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2021-2022: S.6349 referred to Elections/A.7322 held for consideration in
Election Law

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the State.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2023-S3091 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3091
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 27, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to  requiring  the  county
   seat in Wayne county to have at least one polling place designated for
   early voting

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2  of  section  8-600  of  the
 election  law, as amended by chapter 781 of the laws of 2021, is amended
 to read as follows:
   (b) The largest city in the county or, if there  is  no  city  in  the
 county,  the  municipality  with  the  highest population in each county
 based on the latest federal decennial census,  or  the  county  seat  in
 Washington  county,  OR  THE  COUNTY SEAT IN WAYNE COUNTY, shall have at
 least one polling place designated for early voting, and to  the  extent
 practicable  if  such  city  or  municipality  has public transportation
 routes, such polling place shall be situated along  such  transportation
 routes.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 

 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05609-01-3

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